VoteKansas.org

When my good friend, Gary Brugman, called me a couple of months ago to tell me that the reign of terror against US Border Patrol Agents by now formerly (thankfully) US Attorney Johnny Sutton was not yet over, I was stunned. It seems that Mr. Sutton had to kick one more border patrol agent in the teeth on his way out the door.

For those not up to speed, US Attorney Sutton (aka Johnny Satin) made a habit during his tenure as the US Attorney for the Western District of Texas, of persecuting US Border Patrol agents for doing their jobs while rewarding drug dealers with get out of jail free cards and US visas. The most famous of these cases involved US Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. One of the best things that happened when Barrack Obama took office was, Johnny Sutton was replaced. Ramos and Compean were finally released after then President George W. Bush reluctantly commuted their sentences.
 
However, on his way out the door, he found one more agent to go after. That being US Border Patrol Agent Jesus Diaz. Once again, it appears that Jesus Diaz was simply doing his job. He had arrested a drug smuggling illegal immigrant. He had the suspect on the ground and handcuffed him. As he was lifting the suspect to his feet to take him to his vehicle, the suspect tensed up. This is recognized by police officers that a suspect is about to resist or attempt to flee. Agent Diaz exercised a control method used by police officers and federal agents across the country. He grabbed the handcuffs and lifted the suspect's hands upwards. This is uncomfortable, but does not cause injury. It also quickly returns the suspect to a position of submission.

Subjects: Illegal immigration, Justice Department, Johnny Sutton, drug smugglers, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S.-Mexico border

RIO GRANDE VALLEY - Stash houses raided across the Valley continue to top headlines. There have been people and drugs hidden inside these homes. No neighborhood is immune. Police say you can help point out these houses.

Border Patrol agents raided a stash house in San Juan on Thursday where 19 illegal immigrants were found inside. Many of them are from Mexico.

Stash houses like that one are found all across the Valley. The people who run them rent homes in all types of neighborhoods, including the one in which Jax Caceres lives.

Topics: Illegal immigration, stash houses, drugs, U.S. Border Patrol, illegal immigrants, human trafficking

November 18, 2011
Courthouse News Service

SAN DIEGO (CN) - Coyotes, or smugglers of humans, are earning a good living these days: $4,000 to $5,000 a head for driving people from the California desert to Orange County, according to a federal indictment against eight men who were arrested this week.

The U.S. Attorney's Office said the eight men "were drivers or recruited drivers to pick up illegal aliens at designated locations in San Diego County and transport them to their sponsors in Orange County for payment; the fee ranged from $4,000 to $5,000 per illegal alien."

The indictment accuses the men of conspiring to smuggle aliens from Mexico to Orange County, but prosecutors said their job was to pick them up from somewhere near Jacumba, in Eastern San Diego County, and drive them to Orange County.

Subjects: Illegal immigration, coyotes, human smugglers, U.S.-Mexico border, recruited drivers

HONOLULU —

A Honolulu driving instructor and a motor vehicles clerk conspired to sell Hawaii driver's licenses to illegal immigrants from South Korea, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging In Chan Park, 53, a Honolulu driving instructor, and Paige Teruya, 47, a DMV clerk, with criminal conspiracy and fraud.

Park, who has been an instructor for about 20 years, is accused of providing customers' biographical information to Teruya, who produced licenses for them, according to the indictment filed Wednesday in Honolulu.
 
Topics = Illegal immigration, licenses for illegals, document fraud, identity theft

Friends of ALIPAC,

Obama's unlawful and dictatorial Amnesty for illegal aliens has just started going into full effect and federal authorities are ordering authorities to release illegal immigrants from our jails, even in places like Georgia, Arizona, and Alabama. In many cases, they are handing the illegal immigrants work permits signaling to all illegals in America that it is OK to stay. This unprecedented form of Amnesty may stop the reversal in illegal immigration which our efforts to pass state level enforcement has caused in combination with the bad economy.

Yes! I want ALIPAC fighting against Obama's unconstitutional Amnesty for illegal aliens and will donate today at...
http://www.alipac.us/content-9.html

Patriotic American citizens in California, Utah, and Maryland have plans underway that have strong chances of reversing recent illegal alien incentive legislation in these states. ALIPAC is ready to put our national organization's resources behind these efforts which would serve as major victories for the American defender side vs. the illegal immigrant invasion..

On Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security began a review of deportation cases which will undoubtedly allow untold thousands of illegal aliens to remain in the country. In June, the policy known as “prosecutorial discretion” was quietly announced through a memo from Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton.

The ICE memo said that immigration officials no longer have to deport illegal aliens if they are enrolled in any type of education program, if their family members have volunteered for U.S. military service, if they have filed a civil rights lawsuit or even if they are pregnant or nursing, among other exemptions.

While the Obama administration has claimed that the new policy is simply an effort to “fast track” the removal of illegal aliens who have committed serious crimes, many see the move as a large-scale amnesty.

Topics: Illegal immigration, DHS, review deportation cases, amnesty, Rep. Lamar Smith, Republicans, unemployed Americans

November 17, 2011
FOX News Network LLC

The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday launched an initial review of deportation cases in a bid to fast-track serious offenders through the immigration courts while potentially letting illegal immigrants deemed less of a threat stay in the country.

The announcement marked the latest phase of a program the department has steadily rolled out since the summer. While critics decry the change as tantamount to "backdoor amnesty," the Obama administration says it's trying to focus limited resources on "those who put public safety at risk."

Immigration and Customs and Enforcement in July issued new guidelines for deportation cases allowing prosecutors to prioritize them on a case-by-case basis. Starting "immediately," government attorneys will now review "all incoming cases" in the courts to determine who to deport and who potentially can slide, the department announced Thursday.
 
Subjects = Illegal immigration, amnesty, Obama administration, DHS, guidelines for deportation cases

Eight men have been charged in an unusual sting that investigators say highlights a new tactic in which immigrant smugglers never cross the border from Mexico - and instead use cell phones from nearby mountaintops to bark out real-time instructions to their customers as they navigate each step of the desert trek into the U.S.

The defendants were part of one of the first immigrant smuggling rings dismantled on the U.S.-Mexico border that exclusively uses cell phones, employing none of the foot guides commonly employed to lead groups across the border, said Derek Benner, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's special agent in charge of investigations in San Diego. The arrests took place Tuesday and Wednesday in the Los Angeles area.

As a general rule, smugglers still employ foot guides but cell phones are turning up more frequently in areas where Mexican mountaintops afford sweeping views into the United States. Scouts keep customers on well-traveled paths and away from Border Patrol agents.

Topics = Illegal immigration, U.S.-Mexico border, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, human trafficking

Undocumented Northside woman is free after arrest in Alabama protest

An undocumented immigrant who lives in Northside was released Thursday from local jail in Montgomery, Ala., after an act of civil disobedience against the state's immigration law led to her arrest Tuesday.

Alma Diaz, 30, who entered the United States without papers eight years ago from her native Mexico, is expected to return home Friday, said a Cincinnati immigration reform activist.

"Alma will ride back to Indianapolis with that group and then catch a bus back here," said Marco Saavedra, an organizer with the social action AMOS Project. "She was getting her phone service back."

Diaz, mother of a 5-year-old daughter born in the United States, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for refusing to yield the right of way on a Montgomery street near the state capitol. All 13 people arrested - all undocumented immigrants - were released Thursday, Saavedra said.

Subjects: Illegal immigration, Obama administration, state immigration laws, amnesty

The Cokie and Steven Roberts Nov. 13 is titled "Base immigration policy on facts." Yet, the Robertses begin their article with an non-factual rant about the Republicans' stupid stance on immigration, as shown in the GOP presidential primary debates.

They then deliberately fail to distinguish between legal and illegal immigration, a common ploy by liberals to confuse voters. The Robertses state that "Immigrants contribute enormously to America's economic well-being." True for legal immigrants, not true for illegal immigrants.

The GOP presidential primary debates discuss illegal immigration only. A study released by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) estimates that illegal immigration now costs federal and local taxpayers $113 billion per year. The report, The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on U.S. Taxpayers, is the most comprehensive analysis of how much the estimated 13 million illegal aliens and their U.S.-born children cost federal, state and local governments. illegalimmigrationstatistics.org/.
Topics: illegal immigration, US Mexico Border, Anchor babies

President Obama’s illegal alien half-uncle argued in court today his arrest on a drunken driving charge this summer violated his constitutional rights and he wants evidence suppressed and the case thrown out.

Onyango Obama’s lawyer filed a motion to suppress in Framingham District Court today, claiming he questions the legality of the illegal alien’s Aug. 24 arrest on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol and whether the arrest violated Obama’s Fourth Amendment rights against unlawful search and seizure.

The motion is to suppress the entire traffic stop by police that night, on claims Obama was not committing any motor vehicle violations that night at 7.

Topics: illegal immigration, Obama administration, 

A suspected drug smuggler, whose 2008 arrest resulted in a two-year prison sentence for a U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of violating his civil rights, was interviewed by officials at the Mexican Consulate in Texas and later made available to testify against the agent under a grant of immunity, records show.
The suspected smuggler, then 15, told Mexican officials he had been beaten and threatened by agent Jesus E. Diaz Jr. following his Oct. 16, 2008, arrest near Eagle Pass, Texas. Consulate officials interviewed the teenager just hours after he had been detained.

In a letter that same day to the Border Patrol, the consulate officials demanded the agent be prosecuted and complained they had not been notified of the arrest, learning about it through another source, who was not identified. They said that after their interview, the teenager was repatriated to Mexico, where he would be made available to testify in the case.

Topics: illegal immigration, Mexico, US Border Patrol, ICE

With federal funds being cut left and right for critical programs, the Congress did manage did find an “extra” $240 million dollars to pay for jailing illegal immigrants. The action reflects the circling of the political wagons by California and Texas House and Senate voices strategically placed on key committees to push for the specific needs of two of the post populated states in the U.S.

According to the Los Angeles Times, California “spends more than $938 million in annual state costs for incarcerating illegal immigrants convicted of crimes.” Nationwide, there are more than 300,000 convicted illegal immigrants. Under a spending bill approved by House-Senate negotiators that would prevent a government shutdown in a few days, the bill gives California $65.8 million for the jailing of illegal convicted immigrants at a time when the federal focus is on cutting the budget.

Topics: Illegal immigration, illegal immigration costs, convicted illegals, State Criminal Alien Assistance Programs

Friends of ALIPAC,

We are pleased to report that more of you are stepping forward to help us stay in the fight against illegal immigration and Amnesty. We have now raised $13,000 of the $40,000 we need to continue, but we only have 14 days left!

We are in full blown emergency mode and all efforts are focused on the survival funds we need to keep one of America's largest national organizations in the fight against illegal immigration.

Please visit our secure online donations page at this link to donate immediately....
http://www.alipac.us/content-9.html

To help us reach our goals, we are deploying a new patriot phone bank like we did at the end of last year. It is our hope that our callers will help past supporters renew their support for 2011-2012. Most national organizations have phone programs in place and we must do the same.

ATLANTA (CNN) -- Alabama's immigration law is unconstitutional and aims to threaten "the most basic human needs," the U.S. Department of Justice said in a court filing.

"The Constitution leaves no room for such a state immigration-enforcement scheme," the department said in a brief filed with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta Monday.

The impact of Alabama's immigration law is "clear and deliberate, designed in the language of the legislation's sponsor, to force aliens to 'deport themselves,'" the department's filing said.
Alabama's law cracking down on illegal immigration is considered the strictest in the nation. The U.S. Justice Department's lawsuit against Alabama over the measure is one of several battles in a nationwide skirmish between state federal officials over who controls immigration enforcement.

Topics: illegal immigration, Alabama, DOJ, 

Authorities along the Wasatch Front announced Tuesday afternoon they had disrupted a major multi-state drug trafficking operation allegedly run by illegal immigrants that is suspected to have ties to a Mexican drug cartel.

Lt. Phil Murphy, director of the Utah County Major Crimes Task Force, said the drug organization had been making about $10,000 to $15,000 a day and more $300,000 a month in heroin and cocaine sales.

But, Murphy said, organizers of the organization, believed to be controlled by a Mexican cartel, operated discreetly, always moving the drugs around and never dealing at their homes. Instead, he said buys were conducted at public places.

Subjects: Illegal immigration, crime scenes, Mexican drug cartel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, illegal alien arrests

Suit Filed with Supreme Court

The state of Louisiana has filed a lawsuit directly with the U.S. Supreme Court that contends illegal immigrants should not be included in census totals used to apportion House seats.

Louisiana says 2010 census numbers include millions of people who are not permanent residents of any state, and Louisiana has lost a House seat as a result, SCOTUSblog reports. The Constitution’s requirement for a census refers only to people who have a permanent legal residence in the states, according to the suit.

The federal government will likely offer its views before the Supreme Court decides whether to allow the suit.

Topics = Illegal immigration, census counts, lawsuit, immigration court rulings, U.S. census

November 15, 2011
Jerry Seper
The Washington Times

The union that represents U.S. Border Patrol agents is challenging an effort by Texas prosecutors to block the release of information used to build a successful case against a Border Patrol agent convicted of wielding excessive force, saying the American public has a right to see the evidence.

Shawn P. Moran, vice president of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC), said the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas sought a protective order to prohibit the release of discovery material without stating a reason - other than to suggest it contains information of a “sensitive nature.”

“Could the reason behind this motion be that U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman does not want the public to see the real nature of his selective prosecution of Border Patrol agents,” said Mr. Moran, whose group has taken its case to U.S. District Court.

“Perhaps it is to hide the flimsy evidence that supported his prosecution in order to avoid the public outcry as occurred after the prosecution of Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean.”
 
Subjects = Illegal immigration, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S.-Mexico border, drug smugglers, DHS, ICE

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is promising to press several controversial immigration measures when the state legislature reconvenes in January.

Having made immigration his signature issue, Kobach told the Lawrence Journal-World, that he wants the legislature to take up several immigration-related measures in the next session. This includes a bill similar to the controversial Arizona immigration measure he helped write, which allows police officers to detain individuals they believe may be undocumented.

"I think one of the reasons is that there is just so much demand for it from constituents," he said.
Also, he said, an e-Verify bill that has failed in the past in the Kansas Legislature is more likely to gain acceptance because of a U.S. Supreme Court decision in May that upheld an Arizona law that requires employers use the E-Verify database system to check the immigration status of their workers.

During the 2011 session, legislation similar to another Arizona anti-illegal immigration law, and a bill to repeal in-state tuition for some undocumented students, was under consideration. Kobach has been a driving force behind both measures.

Topics: Illegal immigration, Kris Kobach, undocumented students

PHOENIX — Gov. Jan Brewer urged a federal judge to throw out one of the three remaining legal challenges to Arizona's immigration enforcement law, arguing the state's attempt to fix its border problems isn't trumped by federal law.

The governor's lawyers said in a court filing Friday that the group that filed the lawsuit in question was offering speculation about the law's effects and implications.

The lawsuit by the League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC, alleges that Arizona's law should be invalidated because it's superseded by federal immigration law and the state can't enact statutes to control the flow of immigrants.

A federal judge has already put the law's most controversial elements on hold, but the 2010 lawsuit by LULAC seeks to invalidate other sections that took effect, such as a ban on blocking traffic when people seek or offer day-labor services on streets.


Topics: Illegal immigration, Arizona, US/Mexico Border,Gov.Brewer